Garment display forms



July 17, 1962 M. STRUMPF ET AL 3,044,671

GARMENT DISPLAY FORMS Filed Feb. 19, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS MILTON STRUMPF BYMILTON SCHULMAN ATTOP/YEV July 17, 1962 M. STRUMPF ETAL GARMENT DISPLAY FORMS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 19, 1960 INVENTORS MILTON STRUM PF BYMILTON SCHULMAN ATTUP/VKV United States Patent 3,044,671 GARMENT DISI LAY FORMS Milton Strurnpf, 2 Scranton Ava, Lynhroolc, N.Y., and Milton Schulman, 23 Park Circle, Cedarhurst, N.Y. Filed Feb. 19, 1960, Ser. No. 9,788 3 filaims. (Cl. 223-66) This invention relates to a dress or blouse form.

The invention particularly concerns a dress form which is lighter, and stronger than prior known dress forms.

An object of the invention is to provide a form which exactly simulates the front of the body of an individual wearer of the garment to be fitted on the form.

Another object is to provide a form of'the character described with an adjustable support for displaying the form in various positions.

A further object is to provide a dress form made of tough Fiberglas reinforced with cellular plastic material.

I-leretofore, rigid forms employed for displaying garments have been so heavy that it has been awkward and inconvenient for most persons to carry and move them. The forms have been made of brittle material which readily cracked and chipped in transportation, storage and use. As a result, even the most perfectly life-like and attractive form has suffered a shortened useful life.

According to the invention a dress or blouse form is provided which is made in shell-like form with a smooth, perfectly life-like contoured exterior. The body of the form is made of Fiberglas reinforced impregnated plastic material such as polystyrene, polyester or other closed cell plastic material. The closed cells and Fiber las reinforcement insure rigidity and toughness to the structure while the cellular plastic structure makes it light and easy to handle. Suitable support means is provided for adjustably holding the body of the form.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of one dress form embodying the invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the form of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view taken on line 33 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the form mounted on a supporting stand.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 6-6 of FIG. 5

FIG. 7 is a rear viewof another dress form according to a modification of the invention.

FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 8-8 of FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of parts of an adjustable mounting means of the form of FIGS. 7 and 8.

In FIGS. 1-6 is shown a dress or blouse form .10 including a neck portion 11, breast portion 12 and waist portion 14. The form is composed throughout of rigid, light, cellular plastic material reinforced with Fiberglas to provide toughness, strength and lightness. At the rear of the form is a cavity 15 which renders the form shell-like in character. Inserted into hole 17 in the body of the form at the top of the cavity is one end of a threaded stud 16. The stud has a flange 18 intermediate its ends which limits the threading of the stud into the form. The other end 20 of the stud extends outwardly 3,044,571 Pat ent ted July 17, 1962 and downwardly from the flange 18. On this end 2!, can

be threaded a sleeve 21. The stud end 20 can pass through a threaded bore 22 in the sleeve to reach a ball 24 on the end of a rod 25. By tightening the sleeve on the stud, the stud will engage the ball so that the axial position of the stud can be fixed removably at any desired angle with respect to the vertical axis of the rod.

Rod 26 is telscopically received in a hollow post 28 mounted on a base 30. The base is weighted and together'with the post 28 and rod 26 constitutes a stand for supporting the form in any desired vertical elevated position with respect to the base. Furthermore, the angular position of the vertical plane of symmetry A-A of the form with respect to vertical and horizontal planes can be adjusted and fixed at will. A thumbscrew 31 secures the rod in the selected elevated position inthe stand.

In the form of the invention shown in FIGS. 7-9, there is provided a dress or blouse form 19* which has a bar 33 vertically set in the rear of the neck and waist portions 11, 14, respectively, and extending longitudinally across cavity 15. On the bar 33 is a slidable rectangular U-shaped bracket 32 having a thr aded hole 34 receiving one end of a threaded stud 16 This stud can be tightened in the hole 34 to secure the bracket 32 in any desired vertical position on the bar. The other end 20 of the stud is bent at an angle to the axis of the stud and the flange 18 The threaded end 20 can be inserted in the sleeve 21 to engage the ball 24 for optional and adjustable angular positioning of the dress form with respect to vertical and horizontal planes. The vertical positioning permitted by the bracket 32 on the bar 33 extends the vertical range of adjustment permitted by rod 26 in post 28.

In making the forms ill or 10*, a negative mold is employed. The material to constitute the form is poured into the mold while in a plastic state and allowed to set to rigid form. Thereafter, the solid form is removed from the mold and both ground and polished to produce absolutely smooth, rounded contours free of seams and undesired projections.

Any necessary fitting such as the bar 33 can be insorted in the mold while the form is still in a plastic state. A threaded part such as bolt 16 can be inserted into a hole 17 tapped in the form.

The dress or blouse form thus fabricated will have a structure which is physically and chemically stable. It

will not chip, crack orspall. It will be found light and easy to handle. It can be manufactured inexpensively by well known plastic casting methods.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of our invention, it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A hollow dress form shaped frontally to closely simulate the external contour of a trunk portion of a human body, said form comprising a shell-like structure composed of a rigid plastic body reinforced with glass fibers, said structure having a cavity at the rear thereof, a bar vertically anchored in said structure across said cavity, and means adjustably supporting said structure, said means including a bracket slidable upon said bar and adjustably positionable thereon by a threaded stud, said stud including a flange intermediate its ends, said stud having one end bent at an angle, a vertical support, a ball element on said support, a threaded sleeve engaged on the ball element, the bent end of said stud being engaged in said sleeve in abutment with said ball element.

2. A hollow dress form shaped frontally to closely simulate the external contour of a trunk portion of a human body, said form comprising a shell-like structure composed of a rigid plastic body reinforced with glass fibers, said structure having a cavity at the rear thereof, a bar vertically anchored in said structure across said cavity, and means adjustably supporting said structure, said means including a bracket slidable upon said bar and adjustably positionable thereon by threaded stud, said stud including a flange intermediate its ends, said stud having one end bent at an angle, said flange having a stud extending from the flange, said stud being adapted to support said structure on a stand.

3. A hollow dress form shaped frontally to closely simulate the external contour of a trunk portion of a human body, said form comprising a shell-like structure composed of a rigid plastic body reinforced with glass fibers, said structure having a cavity at the rear therei of, a bar vertically anchored in said structure across said cavity, and means adjustably supporting said structure,

in AU said means including a bracket slidable upon said bar and adjustbly positionable thereon by a threaded stud, said stud including a flange intermediate its ends, said stud having one end bent at an angle having a stud extending from the flange, said flange having a stud extending from the flange, said stud being adapted to support said structure on a stand, said stand having a hollow post and a rod telescopically carried by said post, the vertical adjustment of said bracket on said bar extending the range of adjustment of said rod in said post.

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